Harrow.



C'. N. RICHARDS.

HARROW.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1912.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

OLUMBIA YLANMDAPH co l. WASMINGTDN. D4 c.

CHARLES N. RICHARDS,

OFr CASPER, WYOMING.

HARROW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4,1913.

Application led August 28, 1912. Serial No. 717,605.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES N. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Casper, in the county of Natrona and State of Vyoming, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harrows, of which the following is al specification.

This invention relates to harrows, and it has particular reference. to an improved tooth holding device.

The invention has for its object to produce a device of simple and improved construction whereby a. plurality of teeth may be firmly secured in a harrow bar.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient device for holding a plurality of teeth, said device being secured and tightened by means of a single nut.

Vith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construct-ion and novel` arrangement and combination of parts' which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying` drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the cl aims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a barrow bar constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a ver tical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 2 on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of one of the harrow teeth detached. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5 5 in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a modified form of the channel bar.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The barrow bar A has been shown as consisting of a channel bar of iron or steel, and the top and bottom flanges 1 and 2 of said bar are provided at suitable intervals with registering apertures 3, 4 for the reception of the harrow teeth 5. The harrow teeth which are shown as being square in cross section are Iliade to fit loosely in the apertures 3, 4 which are preferably of corresponding shape. The harrow teeth are also preferably provided with heads 6 adapted to rest on the top flange 1 of the harrow bar.

The harrow bar A is provided at the ends thereof with U-shaped clips 7 and 8 which are apertured for the passage of a slide 9, one end of which extends through a slot 10 in the clip 7, while the other end of said slide has a screw-threaded stem or shank 11 that projects through the clip 8 for the reception of a tail nut 12 which may be conveniently tightened thereon. The slide 9 is provided at intervals with apertures 13 for the passage of the harrow teeth, said apertures being made to register with the apertures 3, 4 in the top and bottom flanges of the harrow bar; the contour of the apertures 13 is also made to correspond with the contour of the apertures 3, 4.

Each of the barrow teeth 5 is provided near its upper end with notches or grooves 14, 14, said notches being fo-rmed in opposite sides of the said teeth, as will be clearlT seen in Fig. 4 of the drawings. [t will be readily seen that when the slide f) is so positioned that the apertures 13 therein will register with the apertures 3, 4 in thc barrow bar,'the teeth may be readily dropped into position through the several registering apertures; the grooves 14 in one side of the harrow teeth being turned away from the end of the slide which has the threaded extension or shank', said grooves being adapted to be engaged by the slide itself, while the grooves 14 in the opposite side of each harrow tooth are placed in registry with the top and bottom fianges of the channel bar. After the teeth have been dropped in posi tion where they are retained by the head 6 resting on the top liange of the harrow bar, the nut 12 is tightened, thus moving the slide laterally until the notches 14 of the severa-l teeth are engaged by the proximate walls of the aperture 13, while the notches 14 are engaged by the proximate walls of the apertures 3, 4. The several apertures having beenv formed to register, as described, it is obvious that by tightening the nut the several teeth will collectively and individually be tightened in position where they are, moreover, securely retained by the grooves 14 being` engaged by the slide, and the grooves 14 by the channel bar.

In Fig. 6 of the drawing has been illustrated a modified construction of the channel bar under which the top and bottom flanges l', 2 of said bar are provided at the ends thereof with lugs the body portion or web o'f each channel bar is also provided at each end with a bracket portion 2l which is bent substantially at right angles thereto and which is secured on the lugs 2O by fastening means, such as rivets 22. One of these bracket members is provided With a slot 10 for the passage of the slide 9 which is provided with a screw threaded shank ll projectin through an aperture in the opposite brac ret portion, the construction and arrangement of the slide being exactly similar to that previously described. The construction and arrangement of the harrow teeth is likewise identical with that previ ously described, the only difference being in the structure of the channel bar Which, it will be seen, may be manufactured from a single piece of stock.

By this invention the harrow teeth may be quickly and easily removed from the harrow bar for sharpening or other purposes,

by simply loosening the tail nut 12, and

after being sharpened they may be quickly and securely replaced. No parts of the device are liable to become displaced or lost, and the entire device is simple in construction and inexpensive. The harrovv bar may be reinforced intermediate the ends thereof by an auxiliary clip, as shown at l5, said auxiliary ,clip forming also a guide for the Slide.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

l. In a device of the class described, a channel bar, the top and bottom flanges of which have registering erforations, clips at the .ends of the bar, a ide having at one end a threaded shank, said slide and shank beino guided through the clips at the ends of the arrow bar and said slide being provided with apertures registering with the apertures in the top and bottom flanges of the harrow bar, teeth extending through the registering apertures in the top and bottom flanges of the harrow bar and inthe slide,said teeth having heads resting on the top flange of the bar, and a tail nut on the threaded shank of the slide.

2. In a device of the class described, a channel bar, the top and bottom flanges of which have registering perforations, clips at the ends of the bar, a slide haring at one end a threaded shank, said slide and shank being guided through the clips at the ends of the harrow bar and said slide being provided with apertures registering With the apertures in the top and bottom flanges of the harrow' bar, teeth extending through the registering apertures in the top and bottom flanges of the harroW bar and in the slide, said teeth having heads resting on the top flange of the bar, and a tail nut on the threaded shank of the slide; said teeth being provided near their upper ends with notches engaged by the roximate side valls of the apertures in the s ide.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of t-Wo witnesses.

F H. SAWYER, FRED E. PLAGE.

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Washington, D. C. 

